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Wisdom Wednesday – 21 Clear Signals of a Great Leader

I agree with pretty much all of these… I’m obsessed with great leadership. But when I was young, I wasted years and opportunities not knowing what great leadership looked like. Learn from my mistakes. 21 clear signals you have a great leader: pic.twitter.com/SIumNeomV2 — MATT GRAY (@matt_gray_) March 24, 2024

Posted 27 March 2024 § Jobs ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Four Signs of Enabling and How To Stop

Good article – worth a read…

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Wisdom Wednesday – “Yes, but I have something he will never have…enough.”

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Wisdom Wednesday – “This was the future at one point. Let’s use all this cool tech we have to make people’s lives easier, more fulfilling, and safer.”

Two months ago, my fully remote job of 3 years began a campaign to bring all employees back to office. This confused me, as I was originally hired to be fully remote. I lost that status because we recently moved into a temporary apartment while we shop for our first home. 1/ — Jauwn (@Jauwnio) […]

Posted 14 February 2024 § Internet § Jobs § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Other People’s Strengths Are A Complement, Not A Threat

My first boss in libraries told me how important it was to have a team that had varied backgrounds and skill sets. “Everybody thinks it would be better to have a bunch of underlings who were just like them but that’s the worst thing you could have.” (Of course there was some irony that two […]

Posted 24 January 2024 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Morbidity and Mortality Conferences

I just finished a book called “The Big Fail: What The Pandemic Revealed About Who It Protects and Who it Leaves Behind” which is a fairly even handed look at the Covid pandemic, three years after it began, by the same journalists who wrote “Smartest Guys in the Room” about the Enron scandal. This book […]

Posted 10 January 2024 § Jobs § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – “Oh Man, Oh God”

We all find sanity and solace in different things…

Posted 27 December 2023 § Jobs § PopCulture § Randomness § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – “You’re being incredibly unreasonable and someone needs to take the stick out of your ass.”

Little break from my usual rambles about management theory to share a TikTok my wife sent me. It’s the hilarious story of a boss who totally overreacts and makes a bigger deal than needed out of an employee being late due to a flat tire.  Absolutely hilarious and the person who made this TikTok nailed […]

Posted 20 December 2023 § Humour § Jobs § Shea ‡ Comments (0) °

Wisdom Wednesday – The Three Levels of Relationship in Any Workplace

The three levels of relationships that exist for all employees, at any level, are: 1. with those who are above you in the hierarchy 2. those who are below you 3. those who are at the same level as you In my experience, people tend to be good in one or two of these “directions” […]

Posted 13 December 2023 § Jobs ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Your Real Job Is To Be A Translator

I was in an OH&S meeting once where they were talking about buying walkie-talkies so staff could more easily communicate with each other in our large Central branch. One of the clerks spoke up and said “What sort of training will we get?” A high level manager could barely hide her distain as she replied […]

Posted 06 December 2023 § Jobs § Library ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,